Job 5:17
Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
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In Context
16So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.
18For He wounds, but He also binds; He strikes, but His hands also heal.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:5So know in your heart that just as a man disciplines his son, so the LORD your God disciplines you.
Psalms 118:18The LORD disciplined me severely, but He has not given me over to death.
Jeremiah 31:18I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning: ‘You disciplined me severely, like an untrained calf. Restore me, that I may return, for You are the LORD my God.
James 1:12Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love Him.
Revelation 3:19Those I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.
Matthew Henry on Job 5:7-17
6 Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; 7 Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. 8 I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause: 9 Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number: 10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields: 11 To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety. 12 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their… Read the whole commentary →